Spider-Man: Brand New Day adds two major cast members. Tom Holland’s next Spider-Man movie is shaping up to be one of the most exciting entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Multiverse Saga. After Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars were delayed by Marvel Studios, the Spider-Man film will now be the franchise’s next theatrical release, opening up its story to new possibilities.
Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s ending set up a perfect street-level follow-up for the MCU Spider-Man franchise. However, had the Spider-Man movie been set between the next two Avengers entries, that would have been harder. Recent MCU updates, like the casting of Jon Bernthal’s Punisher in the film, have shown how Marvel can now fully dive into that theme for Spider-Man.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mark Ruffalo will return as the Hulk alongside Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Michael Mando will also be back as Scorpion. No firm details about Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s story have been revealed, but an initial three-way fight between Bernthal’s Punisher, Holland’s Spider-Man, and Ruffalo’s Hulk is not out of the question.
What Spider-Man: Brand New Day Adding The Hulk And Scorpion Means?
Ruffalo’s Hulk is an interesting addition to Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In one way, the casting makes a lot of sense. After all, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movies have always included one major MCU character as part of Marvel and Sony’s deal. Homecoming had Iron Man, while Far From Home added Nick Fury, with Doctor Strange in No Way Home.
The Hulk and the Punisher make it two MCU veterans for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, one from the MCU’s movie side, and another from the TV side, with Marvel having made Netflix’s The Defenders Saga canon. However, for what is a street-level Spider-Man movie, as confirmed by Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, the Hulk’s inclusion means the stakes will be high.
When it comes to Michael Mando’s MCU return, the casting is clearer. As Feige mentioned that Spider-Man will fight “street-level crime” in the upcoming MCU movie, Mac Gargan was the perfect choice. After all, the character has been missing since his debut in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Now, Mando can finally return for Gargan to transform into the Scorpion.
Our Take On Spider-Man: Brand New Day Adding The Hulk And Scorpion
While, at face value, Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk might seem an outside-the-box addition to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the character can actually be very important to where Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is in life right now. The same can be said for Jon Bernthal’s Punisher. Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s script ended with “Peter Parker is no more, but Spider-Man lives on.”
The Spider-Man movie can draw parallels between Spider-Man’s MCU story and what has happened to the Hulk and the Punisher. Frank Castle has ditched his personal life, becoming only the Punisher, just like Spider-Man, which has proven unhealthy for Bernthal’s anti-hero. As for Bruce Banner, the character finally found peace as Smart Hulk, merging his two sides.
Holland’s Spider-Man can have a negative role model in the Punisher, while the Hulk, an original MCU Avenger, is the perfect showcase of what Peter Parker should strive for. As for the Scorpion, perhaps he could be the leader of his own gang or the enforcer of a bigger villain in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
New York City recently outlawed vigilantes in Daredevil: Born Again season 1. While he might not show up, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin could send Scorpion to apprehend the heroes, especially since the Punisher was last seen escaping Fisk’s prison. What is known is that Tom Holland will don a new Spider-Man costume, which has been teased, in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
